Poll – Yesterday we watched all the first semi finalists in full from the arena and Eurovision.tv published full length clips of all seventeen songs. Now you have all had a chance to watch them all, who do you think will qualify into the final? Read on to see how the voting works
You can see the clips of any you may have missed in the playlist below and a poll where you can pick ten countries you think will qualify
Whoever gets most votes will get 12pts and the runner-up 10pts and so on. We will publish an article later to show what the press centre currently think on both semi finals. You can also vote here to vote for your qualifiers of SF1. The results of the polls will be released on the day of the semi final itself so you have a while still to place your votes.
The Eurovision Times 
I hope Portugal and the Czech Republic surprise us all.
I couldn’t decide between Iceland and Israel for 10th place and let personal taste decide in the end. I detest Maria’s little Lolita number so much that I forced Israel in by the sheer force of I WANT HER OUT!
My prediction:
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Latvia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Slovenia
6. Iceland
7. Lithuania
8. Montenegro
9. Switzerland
10. Czech Republic
11. Cyprus
12. Poland
13. Ireland
14. Israel
15. Malta
16. San Marino
17. Portugal
Once again, 9-13 highly unpredictable.
SEMI 2 PREDICTION:
1)Sweden
2)Latvia
3)Azerbaijan
4)Cyprus
5)Norway
6)Lithuania
7)Slovenia
8)Iceland
9)Montenegro
10)Ireland
11)Malta
12)Israel
13)Poland
14)Czech R
15)Switzerland
16)San Marino
17)Portugal
This semi is so much harder to predict then the first one, so many different variables to think about. My prediction is like (from most likely):
1. Sweden
2. Slovenia
3. Norway
4. Azerbaijan
(5. Cyprus/Ireland (imo these two are battling for the same voters, so they can also easily cancel each other out :P))
6. Latvia
7. Poland
8. Israel
9. Switzerland (positively surprised by their rehearsel)
10. Iceland
11. Lithuania
12. Czech Republic
13. Montenegro
14. Malta
15. Portugal (I so hope for this to do better doh, I like the song, but the live is unsure unfortunally :/)
16. San Marino
this is close to impossible to predict, I actually find it harder to guess than semi 1
if I were to predict (but this is done in a hurry not thinking much, and both Marc P and Niclas made good arguments against my predictions last night): Swe, Nor, Pol, Aze, Lat, Slo, Isra, Lit, Cyp, Monte… and out: Ch, Malt, Ice, Cze, Ire, Port, SM
My prediction of the rankings for semi 2 (Countries with * are in my overall top 10):
01 – Sweden
02 – Slovenia*
03 – Azerbaijan*
04 – Norway*
05 – Israel
06 – Latvia*
07 – Iceland*
08 – Lithuania
09 – Malta
10 – Montenegro
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11: Poland, 12: Cyprus, 13: Czech Republic, 14: Switzerland, 15: Ireland, 16: Portugal, 17: San Marino
Poland is an interesting one – the song isn’t that favoured by many but they have a few voting friends in semi 2 (UK, Ireland, Lithuania). With Monika performing last I am really unsure how to predict this one. This semi final is much more unpredictable anyway though.
My big hope is that the Czech Republic qualify for the first time – this could be the difference between them becoming a regular participant or sitting out for another 5/6 years. The song is decent enough and the rehearsal seems to have been good but I’m still predicting they will miss out. I really do hope I am wrong!